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Not Just The Housing Market: Recession Threatens ‘Unprecedented’ Manufacturing Slowdown Dragging Into Next Year

Topline Growing evidence emerged this week that the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes, which have already caused a sudden collapse in the formerly red-hot housing market, have fueled an unprecedented slowdown for manufacturers—setting the stage for what could lead to a prolonged downturn in industrial production. Key Facts Though the slowdown in the U.S. economy

The Africa We Ought To Know; U.S. Museums Reconsidering The Continent

When the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco hired Natasha Becker in late 2020 to become the institutions’ inaugural curator of African art, her addition was not only historic for the museums, it proved groundbreaking for the entire field. While Becker, a South African, was steeped in African history and historic African artforms and culture

‘Hitler Was A Demonic Figure’: Biden Weighs In On Kanye Controversy

Updated Dec 2, 2022, 12:35pm EST Topline In his first response to a torrent of antisemitic remarks spewed by controversial rapper Kanye West, President Joe Biden called out political leaders for giving antisemitism a platform, arguing in a tweet on Friday that they should be “rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides.” Key Facts In a tweet

Labor Market Still Stronger Than Economists Think: U.S. Added 263,000 New Jobs In November

Updated Dec 2, 2022, 11:30am EST Topline Just days after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled a slowdown in the central bank’s aggressive economic tightening campaign, the job market posted a vastly stronger-than-expected report for last month—signaling employment, which has remained one of the economy’s strongest pillars during the pandemic recovery, may still not be

Will Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ Met With Mixed Reviews Ahead Of Critical Theatrical Opening

Topline Will Smith’s new film Emancipation —based on the true story of “Whipped Peter,” an enslaved man who joins the Union army during the Civil War—was met with mixed reviews Friday ahead of its theatrical release, with some critics hailing the film as “essential” and others as “shallow,” as Smith was expected to use the